President Donald Trump is attempting to reshape college admissions according to his definition of merit, with an emphasis on test scores and a blind eye toward diversity.

Tropical Storm Erin is approaching Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, bringing heavy rains that could cause flooding and landslides.

Shares of UnitedHealth Group are surging before the market open Friday as Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed that ...

MADRID (AP) — Firefighters in Spain, Portugal and Greece continued to battle wildfires Friday on a public holiday in all ...

Australia has launched its largest military exercises with Philippine forces, involving over 3,600 personnel in live-fire drills and a beach assault near the South China Sea.

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Friday for a peaceful end to the “increasingly deafening violence” of wars ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The human ancestor fossil known as Lucy left Ethiopia for display in a European museum, ...

The Taliban leader is warning that God will severely punish Afghans who are ungrateful for Islamic rule in the country.

Talks on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution in Geneva ended without an agreement Friday.

Indonesia’s president has vowed to root out corruption and wage war against businesses that have caused billions of dollars ...

Hezbollah's leader has vowed not to disarm, saying the Lebanese government's decision to remove its weapons by the end of the ...

India celebrates the day the country gained independence after the partition of British India in 1947. This is a photo ...